Denis Alijagić (born 10 April 2003) is a Czech professional

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who plays as a

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for

Pardubice Pardubice (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 92,000 inhabitants. It is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the Elbe River. The historic centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Repub ...

on loan from

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. Born in the Czech Republic, he has represented both the Czech Republic and Bosnia and Herzegovina internationally at youth level.

Club career

Born in

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, Alijagić began his career with hometown

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at the age of six. Between the ages of eight and ten, he played for Český Lev - Union Beroun, before returning to Sparta. In 2014, he moved to their city rivals

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. In 2021, Alijagić was loaned to

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Vlašim Vlašim (; ) is a town in Benešov District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. Vlašim is known for the Vlašim Castle and its English landscape garden, English park. Administrative division Vla� ...

, where he made his senior debut. In the first half of the 2021–22 season, Alijagić scored 11 league goals and four

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goals, becoming Vlašim's top scorer. On 2 February 2022, he was loaned to

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club

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, where he made five league appearances and failed to score in the process. On 21 June 2022, Alijagić signed for Greek club

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. However, he was not assigned to the main squad and played for their B team in the second tier

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, where he made two appearances in the first half of the 2022–23 season. In February 2023, he was loaned to

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for the second part of the

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season with the option of a loan extension or a permanent buyout. On 13 February 2025, Alijagić joined

on a one-year loan deal with option to make transfer permanent.

International career

Alijagić was eligible to represent the Czech Republic through his birthplace, and Bosnia and Herzegovina through his Bosnian father. In November 2017, Alijagić made his debut for the Czech Republic's under-15 side, making four appearances at the

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. Alijagić then represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at youth level, before switching his national team allegiance back to the Czech Republic at under-19 level in November 2021.

Style of play

Alijagić's manager at

, Martin Hyský, has praised Alijagić's work rate, speed and his ability to use both feet. Alijagić has compared his own playing style to that of

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Career statistics

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Denis Alijagić
at FC Zbrojovka Brno * *
Denis Alijagić
at Sofascore {{DEFAULTSORT:Alijagic, Denis 2003 births Living people Footballers from Prague Czech people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent Czech men's footballers Men's association football forwards SK Slavia Prague players FC Sellier & Bellot Vlašim players FC Slovan Liberec players Olympiacos F.C. players Olympiacos F.C. B players NK Maribor players FC Zbrojovka Brno players MŠK Žilina players Czech National Football League players Czech First League players Super League Greece 2 players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Czech Republic men's youth international footballers Czech Republic men's under-21 international footballers Bosnia and Herzegovina men's youth international footballers Czech expatriate men's footballers Czech expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Czech expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Czech expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia 21st-century Czech sportsmen FK Pardubice players